Connecting line

That is a very nice view of the eastern sky from inside Tholkappiyar Poonga. 

If you're able to see something like a straight line from the white cloud at the centre, worry not. It is indeed a line made of water vapour, from a jet flying rather high. It was a rare thrill to be able to spot one of these jets riding on water vapour, but I guess it has become the norm these days. 

Are you able to spot the contrail in the picture?

New sightings

So what's missing here? Over the past few days, the Corporation of Chennai has been at it, chopping down hoardings and revealing parts of the city that have been hidden for decades. Was too surprised to photograph the missing cinema hoardings in front of the Presentation Convent at Thousand Lights - they have been one of the defining features of the city, and now they're gone! Got this new view, though, at the Spencer's Junction: it used to be hidden by the Amul hoarding, but now Quaid-e-Millat college shows off its green! There are so many other parts where such hidden beauties are coming to light; and there are also many places where the skeletons of the hoardings are now covered with rags and make for a more unsightly skyline than earlier - maybe it does have to get worse before it gets better!